And so it goes we are taught to mistrust our own bodies yet the kingdom of heaven is within them so we trust neither ourselves nor god in us 'n think that self-despising is humbling ourselves when really it is just humili ation
big difference between humilty and humiliation. bizarre how many lump them together. have missed you ... i'll be catching up on all of your posts sooooon.
Dream - it is bizarre, isn't it. I think mistaking humiliation for humility comes out of being wounded ... and being humiliated, I guess, funnily enough. Ive missed you too, dude!
Jennifer - I wrote this poem over a week ago - we seem to be thinking about a lot of the same things :)
And so it goes
big difference between humilty and humiliation. bizarre how many lump them together. have missed you ... i'll be catching up on all of your posts sooooon.
ReplyDeleteSee...you chose just a few words to way what I was trying to get at. I'll read your book when you write it.:)
ReplyDeleteDream - it is bizarre, isn't it. I think mistaking humiliation for humility comes out of being wounded ... and being humiliated, I guess, funnily enough. Ive missed you too, dude!
ReplyDeleteJennifer - I wrote this poem over a week ago - we seem to be thinking about a lot of the same things :)
Writing a book - maybe one day
humiliation can make you humble
ReplyDeleteMonk - yeah, sure can. God in the depths.
ReplyDeleteSue,
ReplyDeleteIt's a profound and lovely poem. Good stuff :)
Thank you, mah dear
ReplyDeleteWow! Knew you had the poets soul, just didn't know you wrote the poems.
ReplyDeleteThis one is quite good. Distilled but profoundly expressive.
Shelia - it's not bad. I could rework it a bit but I got lazy :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful poetry and the image's simplicity complements it.
ReplyDeletexoxo